The 2014 Greenwich Council election took place on 22 May 2014 to elect members of Greenwich London Borough Council in England.[1] This was on the same day as other local elections.
At the 2014 elections, Labour won 43 seats (+3) and the Conservatives won 8 (-3). An Eltham North by-election on 10 November 2016 saw the Conservatives gain a seat from Labour with an 11% swing in their favour. This meant the opposition on the council increased to 9 seats.
Turnout across the borough was 37.25%.[2]
2014–2018 by-elections
edit| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Mehboob Khan | 3,430 | 39.3 |  12.0
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| Conservative | Thomas Turrell | 2,466 | 28.2 |  10.4
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| Green | Robin Scott | 1,452 | 16.6 | 4.7
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| Liberal Democrats | Sonia Dunlop | 756 | 8.6 | 1.3
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| UKIP | Paul Butler | 422 | 4.8 | 4.8
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| BNP | Christina Charles | 138 | 1.6 | 1.6
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| TUSC | Sara Kasab | 80 | 0.9 | 0.9
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| Turnout | 3,717 | 64.1 | |||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
The by-election was called following the resignation of Cllr Matthew Pennycook, who was elected as the Member of Parliament for the Greenwich and Woolwich constituency the same night.
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Tonia Ashikodi | 2,583 | 57.1 |  0.0
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| Conservative | Matt Browne | 561 | 12.4 | 0.4
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| Green | Robin Scott | 402 | 8.9 | 5.8
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| UKIP | Rita Dinsmore-Hamilton | 380 | 8.4 | 8.4
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| Liberal Democrats | Stewart Christie | 376 | 8.3 | 2.2
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| Independent | Ebru Ogun | 157 | 3.5 | 3.5
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| All People's Party | Abiola Olaore | 64 | 1.4 | 1.4
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| Majority | 2,022 | 44.7 | |||
| Turnout | 41.5 | ||||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
The by-election was called following the resignation of Councillor Radha Rabadia of the Labour Party.[5]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Charlie Davis | 1,335 | 42.2 | 10.6
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| Labour | Simon Peirce | 1,297 | 40.4 | 9.3
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| Liberal Democrats | Sam Macaulay | 279 | 8.8 | 5.5
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| UKIP | Barbara Ray | 160 | 5.1 | 14.5
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| Green | Matt Browne | 110 | 3.5 | 6.0
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| Majority | 38 | 1.8 | |||
| Turnout | 3,186 | 31.33 | |||
| Conservative gain from Labour | Swing | ||||
The by-election was called following the resignation of Councillor Wynn Davies of the Labour Party.
References
edit- ^ "England council results". BBC News. Retrieved 23 May 2014.
- ^ "Ward-by-ward results breakdown – Results of the 2014 local elections – Greenwich". royalgreenwich.gov.uk. Archived from the original on 24 May 2014.
- ^ Greenwich, Royal Borough of. "2015 elections results". www.royalgreenwich.gov.uk.
- ^ "Glyndon Ward by-election result – Greenwich". royalgreenwich.gov.uk. Archived from the original on 22 August 2016.
- ^ "Resignation at Glyndon ward sparks by-election". southlondonpress.co.uk. 21 March 2016. Archived from the original on 16 August 2016. Retrieved 17 November 2017.
- ^ Greenwich, Royal Borough of. "2016 by-election results for Eltham North Ward". www.royalgreenwich.gov.uk.
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